The organisation said that all social groups, religions and regions must be represented in the choice of leadership to give a sense of belonging for everyone involved.
The National co-spokesperson for CUPP, Abuja chapter, Mark Adebayo, who offered the advice in the capital city said that ethnoreligious configurations must not be ignored in choosing Nigeria's Senate President and Speaker of House Representatives.
He stressed that the members-elect of the National Assembly should never allow personal economic interests to determine their choices but rather consider national unity, equity and leadership capacity.
He said, “All hands must be on deck to ensure that justice prevails in choosing the next set of National Assembly principal officers, particularly the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The ethnoreligious configurations of Nigeria must be taken into deliberate consideration in deciding who and who emerges the next Senate President and Speaker of the House.
“Every region and religion and all-round leadership capacity must be put at the forefront of consideration for choosing those to occupy those sensitive positions in order to give a sense of belonging to everyone in the Nigerian project. To ignore these crucial factors is to set up the country for intractable distrust and crises.”
They urged all concerned parties to ensure that justice is seen as well as done.
CUPP also noted that the next set of National Assembly leaders must be men or women of integrity, competency and creative leadership credentials. The group will continue to watch processes closely leading up to these appointments.
